Chapter 365: Empty City
"Prepare for the arrow array!"
With the issuance of the military order, the wind army camp, the sound of armor rubbing everywhere, the soldiers in the first few rows, one after another, raised their bows and arrows, diagonally raised in the air, full of bows.
Lu Chen stood on top of the chariot, his sword unsheathed:
"Shoot the arrows!"
With his order, the Lingqi began to shake, and at that moment, all the soldiers let go in unison, and countless arrows burst out!
Buzz β
The densely pressed arrows formed a large black cloud, shrouded in mid-air, crossed an arc, and smashed towards the city pass.
The arrows pierced through the hard objects, and the sound of thunderbolts crackling sounded from time to time, and many sergeants and soldiers of the company had long been hiding behind the arrow stacks, but despite this, the miserable howls still came and went.
After two rounds of arrows from the wind army, the Lian army also began to show its head, put on its bow and arrows, and prepared to launch a return shot below.
"Raise your shieldβ"
With the issuance of the military order, the commanders of each corps rode their war horses and came back to shuttle through the army.
"Boom-"
With the heavy shields raised, the Wind Army camp was instantly formed into a tight shield array.
"Press forwardβ"
"Prepare for the siege!"
With the issuance of military orders one after another, the Wind Army began to launch a sharp attack on Wuzhen!
And in this battle, in the evening, although the Feng army did not break through the city pass, they beat the Lian army in fear.
After the battle, the general of the company army, Long Zhan, listened to the casualty statistics reported by the partial general, and couldn't help grinning, he shook his head again and again and said: "In today's battle alone, our army will suffer so serious casualties, if we fight for a few more days, I am afraid that our 50,000 soldiers will have to die in the battle. β
His adjutant general said: "The last general also thinks so, anyway, the task of our army was originally to pretend to be invincible, take advantage of the situation to retreat backwards, and take the initiative to lead the wind army deep into the hinterland of our country and isolate the Jing army, and now the wind army is attacking fiercely, and the timing of our army's retreat is just right." β
"Yes." When Long Zhan heard this, he nodded in agreement, and then ordered: "The generals will listen to the order!" Now immediately send people to send the grain, grass and people in the city to the rear city, our army will hold the city pass for another day, and wait for tomorrow evening, after the wind army temporarily retreats, our troops will immediately retreat north! β
"No!" All the biases will respond in unison.
And Long Zhan planned to send away the people in the city and empty the granary in the city, leaving nothing for the Feng Army, he thought that it was right to do so, but it was because of his good ideas this time that it ruined Xu Jin's big thing!
After dinner that day, Long Zhan ordered to create rumors in the city, lying that after the wind army broke the city, the chickens and dogs would not be left behind, and the city was slaughtered, so that the people in the city dared to stay, and they fled to the hinterland of the country with their families and mouths, and at the same time, Long Zhan also transported all the grain, grass, ordnance and other baggage in the city out of the city overnight, and by the morning of the next day, the head of Wuzhen City, it seemed that there were still company troops stationed, but in fact, the entire city was about to become an empty city, even if the people who had not had time to escape, they were also packing their bags.
On this day's siege, the wind army attacked more sharply than yesterday!
This time, Lu Chen transferred the Huwei Army, and the Huwei Army is the army under Su Muzhi, and its fighting style is the same as Su Muzhi's, fierce and sharp, compared with the Pingzhou Army, in the decisive battle on the plain, the Huwei Army may not be as good as the Pingzhou Army, but it is the most suitable for siege warfare!
It's the kind of military order, as if they were dying, facing the rain of arrows and rolling wood and stones, and frantically climbing up the ladder!
This battle, in the previous battles of the Wind Army, was not the most ferocious or the hardest, but in two days, it was still impossible to break through a city defended by 50,000 people.
But Long Zhan had no intention of fighting the third battle with the Feng Army at all, and after the siege of the next day, he immediately made a decision, did not hesitate, and immediately began to retreat lightly with his army.
As soon as he retreated, there was no food and grass in the army at all, so the speed was extremely fast, and when Lu Chen received the news and entered the city, it could be said that the shadow of the company army had long been gone.
Lu Chen was quite surprised by the retreat of Long Zhan, it stands to reason that in two days, even if the Lian army suffered heavy casualties, the loss of troops should be less than 20,000, how to say that it can hold out for a few days, waiting for reinforcements to arrive, why did it retreat so quickly.
Inside the castle mansion.
Qin Mu hurriedly walked in, intervened and said, "King, I have already checked everywhere in the city just now, Wuzhen is now an empty city, not only is there no grain and grass in the granary, but even the residents can't see a few people. β
"Oh?" Hearing this, Lu Chen raised his eyebrows and said, "It seems that the retreat of the Lian army has been planned for a long time. β
"yes." Qin Mu followed and said, "It seems that this is Xu Jin's intention. β
"Hiss......" Lu Chen took a light breath and asked everyone again, "What do you all think?" β
Su Muzhi said: "It's hard to say now, but Weichen thinks that in such a strange situation, it is best for our army to be stationed in Wuzhen first, and not to march rashly, so as not to fall into Xu Jin's trap." β
"Weichen also agrees with General Su's opinion." Qin Mu followed and said.
Hearing this, Lu Chen nodded and agreed.
After a pause, he said again: "Immediately pass a letter to King Jing and ask him if the situation over there is the same as that of our army." β
"No!" Tang Man said with his fists clenched.
The military aircraft battalion is powerful, King Jing has seen it before, this time the Four Kings Alliance, she couldn't be with Lu Chen, but when the troops were divided, she deliberately asked Lu Chen to borrow a few secret agents from the military aircraft battalion, and the United States called it its name: With the military aircraft battalion in the Jing army, the two armies of Feng and Jing can also transmit information at any time and communicate with each other.
Lu Chen couldn't refuse her reason, and he also sent her several capable little leaders of the military aircraft battalion at that time.
Now, it is convenient for the two armies to transmit information, and through the transmission of the falcon, King Jing soon received Lu Chen's letter.
At this time, she was still ordering Ai Hu to storm Zaocheng.
It can be said that the four-way army, the company army encountered by the Jing army, is the most fierce resistance! Ai Hu led the army to attack the city, and after three days, the Jing army fought bloodily in the city pass, and could not be attacked for a long time, with heavy casualties and no less than 40,000 soldiers! And the defenders of Zaocheng are resisting more and more fiercely!
When she received Lu Chen's letter, King Jing was discussing with the generals in the tent, and after she finished reading it, Ai Hu couldn't help but ask, "Wang, is something wrong?" β
King Jing put down the letter and said with a wry smile: "The Feng army has broken through Wuzhen. β
"Huh!?" When Ai Hu heard this, he was shocked, and said incredibly: "This, how is this possible, even if the Feng Army is brave, it will be impossible to break through Wuzhen in just a few days." β
"This is also the reason why this king proposed to divide the army into two ways in the first place." Speaking of this, King Jing said again: "However, Brother Feng Wang said in the letter that Wuzhen is already an empty city, and the Lian army has long intended to retreat, and he is now a little worried that this is a bureau set up by Xu Jin, and he pretends to retreat, so he asked me if this situation has also been encountered on the Jing army's side." β
(End of chapter)